Lecture 21
Curve Fitting using MS-Excel
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Generalized Least-Squares
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We can easily see that this process can be extended to an arbitrary degree polynomial The difficulty is that we need to solve a system of N+1 simultaneous equations to determine t

0306-381 Applied Programming Numerical Integration FLeast Squares Curve Fitting
Curve Fitting
Process of analyzing data in an attempt to find a formulaic expression for the output as a function of input
Function f (x) to approximate value of y for a give

0306-381 Applied Programming Lecture Eleven
Curve Fitting Using MS-Excel FInterpolation
Interpolation
Process of estimating values using between known values
Uses information known about the environment rather than fitting measurements
Used for interfac